Readers Report
Anonymous
Why don't you tell how 1010 President St. really IS?
6 August 1995
Came across your home page on the web and am interested in capturing some of my youth.
I was born and lived the first 9 years of my youth at 1045 Union Street. And walked the 5 blocks to Ebbets Field.
Do you have any pictures on the WWW of this lovely place and if you do can you tell me where to find them...
4 August 1995
Nice pages.
My Brooklyn is Lefferts Manor, not far from 1010.
If it's not inconvenient for you, consider a link to Lefferts Manor Association.
Thanks.
3 August 1995
[Unfortunately, Lefferts Manor Association seems to have disappeared from the web. Let's hope that the Association itself is doing well. DNM]
Between 1962 and 1975 my Brooklyn consisted of Louie's candy store on Henry St.(between First Place and Carroll St.) Most of my waking hours were spent in there either buying candy, learning how to play pinball (2 games a quarter, 5 balls a game!) or scouring the tin can that was nailed to the wall underneath the bottle opener for bottle caps so I can fill them with melted wax for a game of "skelzies."
When I wasn't buying candy, "spaldines" or "pimple balls" I was usually found at the soda fountain spinning on the chrome and naugahyde stool impatiently waiting for one of Louie's famous eggcreams. They were the best. A shot of syrup, a dollop of milk, and a steady stream of seltzer. While all that was going on, I would usually get my forearms dirty and sticky from the counter (the pattern in the counter camouflaged the stains really well). Louie was the master of eggcreams. The foam would rise to the rim of the glass and NEVER overflow (some eggcream aficionados will argue that the sloppy overflowing kind are the best). For 15 cents I got a show, a treat and a little bit of attitude from Louie (especially if you asked for water or extra syrup) who had about three teeth in his mouth and wore a black merchant marine wool cap—even in the summers.
I have a lot of wonderful memories of my childhood in Brooklyn. This is just one of them.
P.S. How many of you remember Jelly apples (not candy apples) that were only available around Halloween? Remember carpet guns, ring-a-livio and fistball? (How many "sewers" could you hit?)
1 August 1995
I currently live in California. I grew up in Brooklyn. I went to P.S. 91 (class of '63), Lefferts J.H.S. (class of '66) and Wingate H.S. (class of '69). I just happened on to your page today. I will search my photos for pix of my old neighborhood that you might be able to use.
P.S. There is also a Brooklyn in Iowa.
28 July 1995
[ Jump to My Brooklyn, page 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
20 21
22 23
24 25
26 27
28 29
30 31
32 33
34 35
36 37
38 39
40 41
42 43
44 45
46 47
48 49
50 51
52 53
54 55
56 57
58 59
60 61
62 63
64 65
66 67
68 69
70 71
72 73
74 75
76 77
78 79
80 81
82 83
84 85
86 87
88 89
90 91
92 93
94 95
96 97
98 99
100 101
102 103
104 105
106 107
108 109
110 111
112 113
114 115
116 117
118 119
120 121
122 123
124 125
126 127
128 129
130 131
132 133
134 135
136 137
138 139
140 141
142 143
144 145
146 147
148 149
150 151
152 153
154 155
156 157
158 159
160 161
162 163
164 165
166 167
168 169
170 171
172 173
174 175
176 177
178 179
180 181
182 183
184 185
186 187
188 189
190 191
192 193
194 195
196 197
198 199
200 201
202 203
204 205
206 207
208 209
210 211
212 213
214 215
216 217
218 219
220 221
222 223
224 225
226 227
228 229
230 231
232 233
234 235
236 237
238 239
240 241
242 243
244 245
246 247
248 249
250 251
252 253
254 255
256 257
258 259
260 261
262 263
264 265
266 267
268 269
270 271
272 273
274 275
276 277
278 279
280 281
282 283
284 285
286 287
288 289
290 291
292 293
294 295
296 297
298 299
300 301
302 303
304 305
306 307
308 309
310 311
312 313
314 315
316 317
318 319
320 321
322 323
324 325
326 327
328 329
330 331
332 333
334 335
336 337
338 339
340 341
342 343
344 345
346 347
348 349
350 351
352 353
354 355
356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368]
Return
to Brooklyn Home Page.